• 
• Display help file
• 
• This will shut down the system (and take you to the logout page).

• Keyword Search
• AND searches
• To search for archived news pages that contain all keywords
• entered, type in the keywords, separated by spaces or an asterisk.
• Example
• If you enter [baseball soccer] or [baseball*soccer], the application will
• search for all pages that contain the words "baseball" and "soccer."

• OR searches
• To search for archived news pages that contain at least
• one of the keywords entered, type in the keywords,
• separated by a plus.
• Example
• If you enter [baseball+soccer], the application will search
• for all archive pages that contain either the word
• "baseball" or the word "soccer."

• NOT searches
• To exclude a specific keyword, add a hashtag before the keyword.
• Example
• If you enter [baseball#soccer], the application will search
• for all archive pages that contain the word
• “baseball”, but not the word “soccer”.

• Compound search words
• Use, parentheses to create a compound search.
• Example
• If you enter Olympics+(Games#professional),
• the application will search for all pages that contain the
• word "Games," but not "professional," or "Olympics".

• About the Keyword Search buttons.
• And: A "*" will be added to the search term.
• Or: A "+" will be added to the search term.
• Help: A help box will be displayed., providing further guidance on searching for keywords.
• Publication Date
• Searching a specific date
• Select "On" and enter the target year/month from the pull-down
• menus, and the target date from the calendar.
• Searching a date range
• Select "Between" and enter the starting date of the range from the
• pull-down menus and calendar on the left, and the ending date from
• the pull-down menus and calendar on the right.
• Note:
• ・ If you search for a personal name, put the name in quotations.
• 　 In this case, a space will be added after the name.
• Example
• "Michael Jackson ", "Yukio Mishima "
• Option

• Day of week
• This allows you to narrow the search to specific days of the week.
• Issue
• This allows you to narrow the search to specific types of issues.
• Page
• This allows you to narrow the search to specific news page ranges. Enter the starting and ending page numbers in the fields provided.
• Publication
• This allows you to narrow the search to specific titles. (The Japan Times' name changed several times over the years.)

• Search: Initiate the search under the parameters specified. All matching pages will be listed.
  *In the event that there are over 100,000 search results, the last page cannot be displayed.
   Please refine your search terms.
• Reset: Reset all search settings.